Saturday, January 26, 2013

Solar Outside the Sunbelt: Wisconsin

It’s only an ambiguity in the law that stands between Wisconsin and a solar boom.

Wisconsin has better sunlight than installed solar capacity world leader Germany -- but a political fight now brewing in the state could determine whether Wisconsin will use its solar potential.

“What we are trying to do with Clean Energy Choice is clarify an ambiguity in state law,” explained RENEW Wisconsin Program and Policy Director Michael Vickerman. “If we don’t clear it up, anybody who puts a system on somebody else’s house and sells the energy to the occupant is in danger of being regulated as a public utility.”